What will it take to make you seriously consider an EV?

A company that has declining sales and earnings at 200 p/e valuation doesn't really trade on any fundamentals. But betting against Papa Elon hasn't worked either.

 

Tesla is falling behind. Waymo is expanding its market.

 

LOL. That's correct, the media would kill Tesla if one drove on a golf course. Not because it drove on a golf course, but because it would have been going 75 mph and crashing into carts stuffed with golf bros. Waymo is just out there creeping along and minding its own business.

 

I went with my dad to pick up his 2026 Tesla Model Y LR AWD last week and it was my first time in a Juniper and first time with FSD.

We drove it back from Austin to Houston. Putting aside the politics, the car was impressive.

The cabin was a bit quieter than my 2023 ID4. I think wind noise is similar, but Tesla did a great job with the road noise. Handling was fine, but felt bigger and floatier than my ID4. I enjoyed the 'sweeping' ac vents setting. Ventilated seats are nice, but felt pretty weak compared to some other vented seats I've used.

Efficiency was great, we picked it up at 60% and could have made it home with 5% if we pushed it. That's an estimated range of about 270 miles on the highway. That's considerably better than my ID4 that can probably get 220 miles on the highway with about the same size battery.

FSD was very impressive. It was confident in navigating the highway though sometimes it would drive slower than how I would drive and it changes lanes more often than I like. Somehow it was simultaneously more and less aggressive than I would be. It's still pretty good though and I would definitely use it if I had it. FSD was able to navigate it self off the highway, go through a roundabout, and park at a charging stall (albeit crookedly) at Buc-ee's.

Overall FSD was more impressive than I expected. Though we did have one disengagement because there was a shredded 18 wheeler tire on the road and FSD either didn't see it or it had deemed that the tire was okay to run over. So my dad had to jerk the car at the last second to avoid running over it. I think this is going to be an issue for all self driving tech for quite a while longer. FSD can perfect for 99% of the time, but that last 1% is going to be extremely challenging. I wish there is some kind of large HUD system that creates an augmented reality display that shows the car's intentions. Part of the issue is the driver having to look down at the display and determine out if the car sees the obstruction. That takes seconds that the driver often don't have to make a quick decision to takeover or not.

Overall, the car was very impressive, but with FSD, it was also $22,000 more than what I paid for my low trim RWD ID4 Pro. It's not worth $22,000 more than my car, but if I would take it over a fully decked out ID4 that can also go up to high $50k.

 

This part in the review caught my eye. At least your dad did the right thing. I say this because of the video making rounds the past couple of weeks below. I don't know why people want to "test" these technologies on the road especially with the volume of crap on the roads nowadays (mostly blown out big rig tires from what I've seen on weekly trips up and down I-45) not to mention others driving next to them.

 

As if owning a cybertruck isn't enough of a "look at me!" move, dude I saw today had his painted bright red